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Young people are being coerced into performing violent acts on themselves, family members or their pets, with vision of these crimes often shared online.
MAP, NOMAP and 764 are among the coded terms that all speak to pedophilia. Here’s how families can stay ahead of the risk.
The action star’s death forced fans to reckon with his strange legacy: a real person with a complicated past, and a meme that made him into an immortal symbol of exaggerated masculinity.
New anti-scam measures passed federal parliament more than a year ago. So why aren’t they in force yet? And what can people do to protect themselves in the meantime?
Banning social media bans won’t fix the problem. The issue is the smartphone.
eSafety is investigating Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube for “potential non-compliance”. But several questions about the ban remain unanswered.
The verdicts in a case against Meta and another against Meta and Google have the potential to change how social media works – and it has little to do with financial penalties.
The jury in Los Angeles delivered a stinging verdict, but its long-term impact on platforms is hard to predict.
The case was the first of its kind. But it won’t be the last.
TikTok deal with Canada leaves critical gaps in ownership, data movement and security safeguards
Just because something is prohibited doesn’t take away the need for parents to have conversations with their children about it.
The true impact of restricting young people’s access to social media likely won’t be known for years.
For some companies, ‘illegal with a fine’ is interpreted as ‘legal for a price’.
There are simple changes you can make right now.
Social media has changed the game for real estate advertising. But it creates new risks we need to manage carefully.
What’s the secret to being the most followed person on the planet on TikTok?
This vital documentary tells the story of a protest over the arrest of two immigrants on the southside of Glasgow in 2021.
New rules aimed at protecting kids online are now in force, but a major porn company has all but shut down its Australian presence instead.
The Enclosure Acts allowed fencing of common lands that villagers had used for generations. Something similar has happened in the digital space.
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Formal Philosophy / Director of Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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